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i mean, really their loyalty was to the civil rights movement. they felt at the time, this is the late '60s, more discriminated against as blacks than they did as women. they also felt that we very privileged middle-class white women didn't exactly have the same goals as they did. we worried about our present getting ahead. they were worried about that but they had to work -- the word about much larger issues within the black community about their families and about what was going on with racism. and so they decided not to join us. we were very sorry about because they were all terrific women. and later they told me, several of them went to interview them, they realize later how much being a woman ever discriminate against as well. but at that moment in time it was a very heady moment for the civil rights movement. so we were looking for a woman lawyer. we wanted a woman of course, and most of the women's lawyers were at entrust to the state. so we decided this is a civil rights case and we should go to the aclu. there we found the system legal d
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it was a speech that changed the national debate on civil rights. well, here we are with an election 30 days away. and the debates are in spule swing. a new book, presidential courage, three speeches that changed america, takes a look at the moments that have truly inspire period our nation. warren kozak is the author and he is here live. >> thanks for having me on. >> jamie: this is inspiring. you certainly did your homework. i read the speeches, one is four paragraphs. >> linkon's second inaugural, four paragraphs. can you believe that? >> jamie: what does it take to inspire a nation? how important are the words that the presidents and presidential candidates say? >> critical, but what we are looking at are 3 speech, three presidents, three incredibly important junctures in our history. really the most dangerous momes in our history. and these three presidents through their words were able to give the country courage to make the changes that needed to be made. you don't hear that anywhere. >> jamie: you cover fdr, jfk and lincoln. how did you pick
it was a speech that changed the national debate on civil rights. well, here we are with an election 30 days away. and the debates are in spule swing. a new book, presidential courage, three speeches that changed america, takes a look at the moments that have truly inspire period our nation. warren kozak is the author and he is here live. >> thanks for having me on. >> jamie: this is inspiring. you certainly did your homework. i read the speeches, one is four paragraphs. >>...
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north korea is not just an issue for a human-rights but almost a black hole of modern civilization it is a huge problem proliferation commented bn -- wmd, counterfeiting, s tate-sponsored terrorism, it is astonishing it is not a huge issue in general but a nuclear arms state during the election year. that we keep pushing under the rug there will be a day when north korea is free. it will come within those will realize there could have been more that we could have done in the is where were some anticipated we have overwhelming evidence that anybody could access. there was nothing during the holocaust many people set would have acted differently but today everybody watching this you can find concentration camps. joseph showed me the route he took every day. the fact that he can do that means we have overwhelming evidence of what is happening. but when you look bacteria has accomplished it can do extraordinary things going for the most impoverished country to the tenth largest in 60 years. with a korean-americans have accomplished. it never got that freedom the first half of the 20th cen
north korea is not just an issue for a human-rights but almost a black hole of modern civilization it is a huge problem proliferation commented bn -- wmd, counterfeiting, s tate-sponsored terrorism, it is astonishing it is not a huge issue in general but a nuclear arms state during the election year. that we keep pushing under the rug there will be a day when north korea is free. it will come within those will realize there could have been more that we could have done in the is where were some...
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he served as the assistant secretary of the civil rights in the u.s. department of education, and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as the associate justice of the supreme court and took his seat on october 23rd 1991. please welcome them to the stage. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen for that extraordinarily grabs, warm welcome. thank you to the national archives and to the staff for making this event possible. thanks also, a special thanks to the federalist society, and to the constitution accountability center, and thank you justice thomas for being with us today as we mark the 25922-- 225th anniversary of of our constitution. i guess i would like to start our conversation, whichsomes fitting with with the words of the constitution starts with. we the people, what that phrase means to you and how the phrase maybe has changed over time thank
he served as the assistant secretary of the civil rights in the u.s. department of education, and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as the associate justice of the supreme court and took his seat on october 23rd 1991. please welcome them to the stage. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you, ladies and...
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this is almost a thought: modern civilization. they any regard, it is a huge problem, not just for human rights, proliferation, debian d., biological weapons, counterfeiting, state-sponsored terrorism. i mean, this is a huge issue not just in the presidential election. , oecd countries, half of our allies and kick the can down the road. .. today everybody watching this on line or on c-span can go home and google and you can find concentration camps. joseph sat there and showed me the route he took to walk home from school everyday. the fact he can use it in 2012 means we have all grown evidence of what is happening. there's no excuse in terms of ignorance. i think when you look at korea and what south korea, the republic of korea has accomplished, the korean people and the korea in seoul, when unchanged can do extraordinary things. it was the 10th largest economy. incredible. look what korean-americans have accomplished in america. north korea is the part that never got that freedom. from the first half of the 20 century is old ne
this is almost a thought: modern civilization. they any regard, it is a huge problem, not just for human rights, proliferation, debian d., biological weapons, counterfeiting, state-sponsored terrorism. i mean, this is a huge issue not just in the presidential election. , oecd countries, half of our allies and kick the can down the road. .. today everybody watching this on line or on c-span can go home and google and you can find concentration camps. joseph sat there and showed me the route he...
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metro wanted to delay displaying the ads until the protest in the middle east subsided. >> it is not right to generalize that jihad terrorists and generalize the muslims. >> they should be allowed on free speech grounds but i think it is incredibly irresponsible. >> it is kind of a big thing to call somebody a savage but this is america, freedom of speech. >> reporter: a woman was arrested in new york last month after she tried to deface one of the srican freedom defense initiative also won a court fight there to display the ads in the new york city subway system. we understand that the ads will be going up here at the u street station as well as glenmont, tacoma and also georgia avenue. we do know they have to be post bid court order by -- posted by court order by 5:00 this evening. >>> the number of meningitis cases linked to steroids has list ton 916789 another case was reported in maryland this weekend bringing the to thal there to three. eighteen cases have been reported in virginia with one death in each state. the massachusetts pharmacy that is linked to the outbreak has issued a vo
metro wanted to delay displaying the ads until the protest in the middle east subsided. >> it is not right to generalize that jihad terrorists and generalize the muslims. >> they should be allowed on free speech grounds but i think it is incredibly irresponsible. >> it is kind of a big thing to call somebody a savage but this is america, freedom of speech. >> reporter: a woman was arrested in new york last month after she tried to deface one of the srican freedom defense...
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he didn't use the bully pulpit on civil rights. i wish he had been more reassuring to me as a child growing up in the 1950's that nuclear war was not about to break out, i mean, we were all scared to death, i was, the duck and cover drills, all of that and i don't think -- >> rose: you didn't build a bomb shelter in your backyard. >> no but i was scared, nine years old and 1960. and eisenhower could have done a better job of reassuring the american public that actually the soviets didn't even have icbms until about 1960, he couldn't get into it partly because the way we knew was the u2 spy plain and a secret and we couldn't tell the russians so there was a reason for it but nonetheless i don't think he was as comforting as he could have been. >> rose: how did he handle the francis incident. >> crushing a yours viewers, u2 pilot shot down and dooms the meeting summit meeting to get along with the russians a very important meeting, cia screwed up, lied basically to eisenhower about it and but many bad things happened but one of the b
he didn't use the bully pulpit on civil rights. i wish he had been more reassuring to me as a child growing up in the 1950's that nuclear war was not about to break out, i mean, we were all scared to death, i was, the duck and cover drills, all of that and i don't think -- >> rose: you didn't build a bomb shelter in your backyard. >> no but i was scared, nine years old and 1960. and eisenhower could have done a better job of reassuring the american public that actually the soviets...
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whether we may actually be provoking even more hatred toward the muslim world this and more online right now. the anger mounting in europe as civil servants take to the streets for a second day in madrid trade unions gathered thousands to demand an end to cutbacks in the public sector and privatization of public services italy's also seen its fair share of action this week led by the country's students who clashed with police thousands marched in major cities calling for the government to save schools and not banks in a rolled up to six policemen were injured and students were old stones at them and tried to rush a police van meanwhile in venice independent supporters march saturday demanding the region go it alone messmate advisor patrick young thinks the e.u. could be headed toward collapse. the european union constantly believes it knows what's best for all of its client states therefore it pushed countries like ireland should be allowed to in order to basically appease french and german borrowers there are absolutely no positive results from what the e.u. has done over the course of
whether we may actually be provoking even more hatred toward the muslim world this and more online right now. the anger mounting in europe as civil servants take to the streets for a second day in madrid trade unions gathered thousands to demand an end to cutbacks in the public sector and privatization of public services italy's also seen its fair share of action this week led by the country's students who clashed with police thousands marched in major cities calling for the government to save...
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as we know libya's anything but civilized and formed in a normal organic fashion. the ruling party that you have been in libya right now is a is amateur government it's an artificial. creation of the west in the photos to cut off the regime change plans so this gives you an indication of how they're governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the u.n. saying that the united nations is the co architect of this post could offer the libya half responsible for this sort of the fraud that was imposed by the u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three which was. starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone they've got serious problems in libya there's no legitimacy really with this post gadhafi government makes moammar gadhafi government look like a beacon of light in this shining city on the hill in comparison in syria it could be much worse because in syria we're looking at a protracted civil war now i
as we know libya's anything but civilized and formed in a normal organic fashion. the ruling party that you have been in libya right now is a is amateur government it's an artificial. creation of the west in the photos to cut off the regime change plans so this gives you an indication of how they're governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the...
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after the civil war right up until the end of the 20th century. >> many of your titles, all of them are biographies. they tell stories about people. why are you attracted to people stories? >> i think that people stories are important because most people don't envision black americans doing things that everyone else does. when you see their stories, which are just like anyone else's story, you get an idea of our common humanity and understanding that these are fellow citizens. they are not exotic creatures. they are fellow citizens and trying to do the same things to help make this a great nation. >> your hope is obviously to influence individual young people. who is the biggest influence on you? >> i would have to say in so many ways, jackie robinson. i was a baseball fan when i was a kid. jackie robinson was also a role model in other ways. my mom always pointed out that he was very intelligent and articulate. he went to ucla. he ended up going to do ucla. >> you are on the campus of usc. >> we won't get excited about that. so much of what he did with his life was an example. afte
after the civil war right up until the end of the 20th century. >> many of your titles, all of them are biographies. they tell stories about people. why are you attracted to people stories? >> i think that people stories are important because most people don't envision black americans doing things that everyone else does. when you see their stories, which are just like anyone else's story, you get an idea of our common humanity and understanding that these are fellow citizens. they...
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he served as the assistant secretary of the civil rights in the u.s. department of education, and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as the associate justice of the supreme court and took his seat on october 23rd 1991. please welcome them to the stage. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen for that extraordinarily grabs, warm welcome. thank you to the national archives and to the staff for making this event possible. thanks also, a special thanks to the federalist society, and to the constitution accountability center, and thank you justice thomas for being with us today as we mark the 25922-- 225th anniversary of of our constitution. i guess i would like to start our conversation, whichsomes fitting with with the words of the constitution starts with. we the people, what that phrase means to you and how the phrase maybe has changed over time thank
he served as the assistant secretary of the civil rights in the u.s. department of education, and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia circuit in 1990. president bush nominated him as the associate justice of the supreme court and took his seat on october 23rd 1991. please welcome them to the stage. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you, ladies and...
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we have it on civil rights legislation. minority set-asides, more help for black colleges, and we have it in terms of offering people opportunity and hope instead of despair. >> along those lines, sir, many recent studies have indicated that the poor and minorities have not really shared in the new prosperity generated by the current economic recovery. was it right for your administration to pursue economic policies that required those at the bottom of the economic ladder to wait for prosperity to trickle down from people who are much better off than they? >> mr. white, it is not trickling down. i am not suggest thrg is no poverty. i am saying the way to work out of poverty is through real opportunity. in the meantime, the needy are getting more help. human resource spending is way, way up. aide for dependent children is up. immunization programs are up. almost every place you can point, contrary to mr. mondale -- i have to be careful. contrary to how he goes around just saying everything bad. if somebody sees a silver lini
we have it on civil rights legislation. minority set-asides, more help for black colleges, and we have it in terms of offering people opportunity and hope instead of despair. >> along those lines, sir, many recent studies have indicated that the poor and minorities have not really shared in the new prosperity generated by the current economic recovery. was it right for your administration to pursue economic policies that required those at the bottom of the economic ladder to wait for...
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rights legislation that opened up public accommodations that past and within 18 months the civil rights voting act was passed in 1965. this was public pressure coming from ordinary people saying what is going on in this country. it's intolerable. you must change it. the act on the voice they could achieve change, and they achieved change. the same thing happened in the consumer movement and the women's movement. the same thing happened in the labor movement and the peace movement that hurried the end of the vietnam war so this is an exhibition of the nation and of the krepp pressure rising from ordinary people saying this is how we want american democracy to work and washington heard it and responded. to go back to the economic side what do i mean by middle class prosperity? middle class prosperity meant those things i just ticked off, steady jobs, rising income, not a lot but steadily rising income, health benefits, retirement, a monthly check for the rest of your life from your employer, a better life for your kids. this idea actually in a funny way to approach with a guy named henry
rights legislation that opened up public accommodations that past and within 18 months the civil rights voting act was passed in 1965. this was public pressure coming from ordinary people saying what is going on in this country. it's intolerable. you must change it. the act on the voice they could achieve change, and they achieved change. the same thing happened in the consumer movement and the women's movement. the same thing happened in the labor movement and the peace movement that hurried...
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some civil rights activists are concerned about new voter i.d. laws. 31 states currently have voter i.d. laws in place. tennessee has one of the strictest. and former marine tim thompson is angry. >> hi. i'm tim thompson. i'm 56 years old. i'm a former united states marine. and i live here in nashville, tennessee. i'm against federal i.d. the way it is written right now. and we knew super tuesday was coming up, big scene, an i decided i needed to do something. i want to go down to the polling place and show my registration card like i've done for 37 years and see what they say to me. and, of course, they didn't allow me to vote. but then i told the polling director that i refuse to show you i.d. because i'm protesting the law. i'm giving up my right to vote today to fight for the rights of people that don't have this opportunity that want to vote but don't have the opportunity because they might not have that i.d. so the only weapon that an individual has in this country is his right to vote. and it is going to earn them blood. not some politicia
some civil rights activists are concerned about new voter i.d. laws. 31 states currently have voter i.d. laws in place. tennessee has one of the strictest. and former marine tim thompson is angry. >> hi. i'm tim thompson. i'm 56 years old. i'm a former united states marine. and i live here in nashville, tennessee. i'm against federal i.d. the way it is written right now. and we knew super tuesday was coming up, big scene, an i decided i needed to do something. i want to go down to the...
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which read, in any war between civilized man and the savage, support civilized man. support israel. defeat jihad. those same posters will be going up at four d.c. area metro stations before the close of business today. already, metro riders here are speaking out against the move. >> because it is not right to gemmize that jihad, the extremist terroristed and generalize the muslims alls this. i don't approve of that at all. >> i think they should be allowed on free speech grounds but i think it is incredibly irresponsible. >> it is kind of a big thing to call somebody a savage but this is america. freedom of speech. >> reporter: metro went to court after receiving what it called verifiable threats over the poster and out of concern over the recent riots in islamic nations over a california film ridiculing the prophet mohammed. >> even though you have a right to say it, doesn't mean you have to say it. >> i believe that even though it might be going up in the d.c. area, other countries will look at the united states and be like why are you allowing your people to do th
which read, in any war between civilized man and the savage, support civilized man. support israel. defeat jihad. those same posters will be going up at four d.c. area metro stations before the close of business today. already, metro riders here are speaking out against the move. >> because it is not right to gemmize that jihad, the extremist terroristed and generalize the muslims alls this. i don't approve of that at all. >> i think they should be allowed on free speech grounds but...
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diversity of texas, which had affirmative flee been discriminating -- not against black people in the civil-rights era -- was made to end a black student, sort of in the brown versus board of education era. not directly relevant to the case, but it casts a shadow, and reminds us, in living memory, the that the state's affirmative it discriminated against a disadvantaged minority in the most pernicious way. the question is, how we move forward it enough away from those days for their not to be some effort at the mediation and an effort to make sure all aspects of society are represented in our student bodies. host: who are the players in this case? guest: fisher is supported by a small group from the project of fair representation, which has in many settings, including voting rights, taking conservative positions. on the university of texas aside is an avalanche of friend-of- the-court briefs. there are some on the other side, but for that way by a friend-of-the-court briefs, supported the diversity, for all aspects of society, including corporations and military leaders to take the view that it is
diversity of texas, which had affirmative flee been discriminating -- not against black people in the civil-rights era -- was made to end a black student, sort of in the brown versus board of education era. not directly relevant to the case, but it casts a shadow, and reminds us, in living memory, the that the state's affirmative it discriminated against a disadvantaged minority in the most pernicious way. the question is, how we move forward it enough away from those days for their not to be...
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rights groups have accused the city of cracking down on personal freedoms despite there being a little information on what activities are banned and where our first reports not even the police who might be after you if you break the rules. here in this park in london if your found drinking alcohol or throwing a ball or even feeding the pigeons you could inadvertently be committing a criminal or civil offense the prize will serve a lot of people the band in london map shows a whopping four hundred thirty five provisions lines aimed at tackling and she say she behavior the might of been a good policy idea in theory has local people say and it up a very bad policy in practice meaning hardline crackdowns on soft this misdemeanors disconcertingly many bars in london have now hired private contractors to carry out the enforcement of these fines phil morris knows all about the after his local council hired at school services he received an eighty pound penalty for dropping a cigarette butt and that he maintains he didn't know it was illegal he refused to pay two for weeks later. so just two a
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prop 38 backed by civil rights attorney molly munger will last 12 years and increase personal income taxes using a sliding scale. diane? >> kimberly, thank you. >>> in the race for the white house, president obama, there we go. all right, president obama is clearing his clenpder for the next three days to prepare for tuesday's debate. he used his weekly address to take credit for the rejuvenated auto industry. >> more than a million jobs across country were on the line and not just auto jobs but the jobs of teachers, small business owners, and everyone in communities that depend on this great american industry. but we refused to throw in the towel and do nothing. we refuse to let detroit go bankrupt. i bet on american workers and american ingenuity and three years later, that bet is paying off in a big way. >> mitt romney and his running mate are both in the swing state of ohio this weekend. romney spoke to a large crowd, you can see there. hammered the president on china, job creation and the taxes. >> and then, of course, he says he's going to raise taxes. does anyone really think
prop 38 backed by civil rights attorney molly munger will last 12 years and increase personal income taxes using a sliding scale. diane? >> kimberly, thank you. >>> in the race for the white house, president obama, there we go. all right, president obama is clearing his clenpder for the next three days to prepare for tuesday's debate. he used his weekly address to take credit for the rejuvenated auto industry. >> more than a million jobs across country were on the line and...
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rights and gay rights movements. this is about 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much. good evening, washington. thank you for that warm welcome. my amazing mom is here from arkansas this evening. [applause] while i have my doubts, she has assured me that she is not just here to see a cirque du soleil performance. [laughter] it is a real honor to be introduced at my first national dinner by two families who have inspired me since the darkest days of proposition 8. chris and sandy, paul and jeff, thanks to your determination to tell your stories, today, we are all poised to witness history when the supreme court strikes down proposition 8 and restores marriage equality in the most populous state in america once and for all. [applause] it is such an exciting time to be part of this organization and this movement. we are making history, we are witnessing progress that many of us thought we might never see in our lifetimes. men and women in the military serving openly with honesty and dignity. 35 million, 35 million
rights and gay rights movements. this is about 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much. good evening, washington. thank you for that warm welcome. my amazing mom is here from arkansas this evening. [applause] while i have my doubts, she has assured me that she is not just here to see a cirque du soleil performance. [laughter] it is a real honor to be introduced at my first national dinner by two families who have inspired me since the darkest days of proposition 8. chris and sandy,...
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a swedish civil rights group finds a new way to figure out if your machine before letting you enter websites by asking questions on human rights. the online for you a famous visit of a. door an embassy. maybe join tim for dinner but with a quarter in a bad romance perhaps find out more about the five hour meeting on our website. europe used to be a mecca for migrant workers from ukraine one in ten citizens heading west in search of a better life but as the european economy stumbles from crisis to crisis many ukrainians are returning home bringing their savings and new skills back with. reports on the turning of the tide. and goes to villages with empty houses and few people on the street a common sight for western ukraine and it's not the result of any disaster. almost every family in the west of ukraine has a member working abroad ever since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. ukraine has been one of the main suppliers of cheap labor force into the european union as it stands over four million ukrainians are currently working in europe that's every tenth citizen of the country but this is changing
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she's backed up by matt siegel, president of ourtime.org and civil rights attorney maya riley. what should i as the parent of a fifth grader and take away, and maya the parent of a third grader, what should we take away from this piece telling us that third grade is the critical moment? >> the first thing to realize is that it's never too late to help a student who is struggling in school. it's just that third grade is a particularly important year to intervene, to make sure that students are reading at grade level. because as you mentioned, this is the year when students go from learning to read, learning to decode, learning to apply their knowledge of the alphabet, to make sense of words on the page, to reading to learn, which means that they are reading these fact-filled books about the solar system, native americans, the civil war. they're learning from what they're reading. if at that point they haven't been able to make the leap to fast, fluent reading, they're not going to be amassing the knowledge, that background knowledge that their classmates are getting and they're
she's backed up by matt siegel, president of ourtime.org and civil rights attorney maya riley. what should i as the parent of a fifth grader and take away, and maya the parent of a third grader, what should we take away from this piece telling us that third grade is the critical moment? >> the first thing to realize is that it's never too late to help a student who is struggling in school. it's just that third grade is a particularly important year to intervene, to make sure that students...
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strong woman advocate and strong in the civil rights movement. one of the most tremendous people i have met in my life. she taught me a life. she died. a lot of us who will miss her terribly, pass on to her daughter tracy and her granddaughter maya you had a wonderful mother and grandmother and couldn't ask for anybody better. sweet woman. i know she is in especially looking down on us now. i'll -- she is in heaven looking down on us. i'll miss her very much. >> kimberly: very sweet. >> eric: i want to let everyone know david axelrod, yes, he did text me and said -- guess what? it's fundraising. over the weekend, yesterday, drew brees broke unitas 52-year-old record. do we have it? hopefully. >> wide open. there it is. drew brees to henderson. >> eric: all right. so the most games in a row with a touchdown pass bay quarterback. 52 years. brady has 37 games in a row currently. he is on brees' heel. good guy, by the way. >> kimberly: right? nice guy. class act. >> bob: visions of 180-degrees and he can see that. is why he is good. he goes back to h
strong woman advocate and strong in the civil rights movement. one of the most tremendous people i have met in my life. she taught me a life. she died. a lot of us who will miss her terribly, pass on to her daughter tracy and her granddaughter maya you had a wonderful mother and grandmother and couldn't ask for anybody better. sweet woman. i know she is in especially looking down on us now. i'll -- she is in heaven looking down on us. i'll miss her very much. >> kimberly: very sweet....
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to communicate the basic civil rights of internet users so we need to put it all out on the table and make sure that the threat is real and that this isn't just a lot of political and economic posturing by special interests yeah you know hallway already in latin america in africa and some parts of europe i'm just wondering tim if you think there's going to be a point where people in the u.s. say hey you know if it's better and faster and more efficient why can't we have a two well it's interesting to note that most computer equipment most telecommunications equipment is in fact made in china it may have a name like cisco on it just because huawei is a chinese company making a lot of the same footman. it raises these sorts of concerns but increasingly china is a player in the technology space and their ability to create cheap manufactured products should pose a threat to business interests of receive business not so much a national security threat so that that does come into play in this issue yes so interesting it was noted sixty on sixty minutes last night this used to be a field dom
to communicate the basic civil rights of internet users so we need to put it all out on the table and make sure that the threat is real and that this isn't just a lot of political and economic posturing by special interests yeah you know hallway already in latin america in africa and some parts of europe i'm just wondering tim if you think there's going to be a point where people in the u.s. say hey you know if it's better and faster and more efficient why can't we have a two well it's...
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((laughs)) "that's funny, grandfather...was civil rights activist...clarence mitchell, junior. but ten years ago...thii former state senator...deelared...he was done...with the democrats. "because they're hypocrits." "the democratic party." (mitchell) "proclaims to be particularly for the poor and african-americans. if that's &ptte cass, maryland is thee pealthiest state innthe baltimore city is the one of ccuntryy majority africcn- american, run by democrats. what's wrong witt that picture?"(then why not register as a republican?) because the republican party is not much better either. that's why i'm not a republican."((nats))rob sobhani...waa... a republican...years ago.but he...too... has defected.he's noo runniig for u.s. (sobhanii "it's shameful that republicans aad democrats put their party above their country and that's wrrng.""the two parties, a lot of ideas, so they blame each other." you've robably seen alreaay spent more than four million dollars ...of his own money.and he's trying to catpure the attention...not only of disgguntled...demo craassand republicans. in ma
((laughs)) "that's funny, grandfather...was civil rights activist...clarence mitchell, junior. but ten years ago...thii former state senator...deelared...he was done...with the democrats. "because they're hypocrits." "the democratic party." (mitchell) "proclaims to be particularly for the poor and african-americans. if that's &ptte cass, maryland is thee pealthiest state innthe baltimore city is the one of ccuntryy majority africcn- american, run by democrats....
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on behalf of civil rights and women's rights. we've shown a bright light on women's rights from the powerful economic interest that profit at women's expense to the relishes fundamentalist. in the fall issue of "ms.," we celebrate these 40 years of impactful reporting. from the very first issue, with the abortion petition signed by 53 prominent women who had abortions when they were illegal to repeal our abortion laws. nearly 15 years before anita hill's fame mouse testimony. to our ground beaking reporting that defined genital mutilation as an international crime against women. to our 1996 look inside the taliban's regime before most of the media had even noticed right up to our 2011 story declaring rape is rape in which we revealed the f.b.i.'s 80-year-old definition of rape under counted rapes in this country by hundreds of thousands every year. that was part of a larger feminist campaign and kicked off a fire storm resulting in 140,000 e-mails and letters to the f.b.i. and attorney general demanding the definition be changed.
on behalf of civil rights and women's rights. we've shown a bright light on women's rights from the powerful economic interest that profit at women's expense to the relishes fundamentalist. in the fall issue of "ms.," we celebrate these 40 years of impactful reporting. from the very first issue, with the abortion petition signed by 53 prominent women who had abortions when they were illegal to repeal our abortion laws. nearly 15 years before anita hill's fame mouse testimony. to our...
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. >> mengin companies make mistakes now there is a civil lawsuit with bear stearns to related fraud. do you regret participating in the federal reserve to 2008. >> did you miss something when you told investors that the acquisition wouldn't be material let's get this right we are asked to it at a great risk to ourselves and we have the capability of due diligence. the one thing i was worried about is all these lawsuits there would be no lawsuits, no stock drop lawsuits or class-action lawsuits or more deutsch lawsuits but we brought it and the second we brought it we knew that we were buying something. i read extensively what life knowing what i know today? it's close. it's really close. what i know today is of the called me to do something like that i couldn't do it but you take on these obligations. i did get a letter from the senior regulators before we signed it to save please, take into consideration when you want to come after us down the road where bear stearns did by the federal government of the economic and financial. some great people and some terrible ones and it got the
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i let two civil rights organizations in southern california. i am passionate about these issues and also passionate about empiricism. i think it is important that when you do social experimentation, when we have social programs we care about, we supervalu them and tried to be careful about the facts and the effect we are achieving. the sentry foundation's work in this area moves us down the path to a very positive direction, but i have some qualifications about some of the details of their findings and analysis. let me start by saying with this report is right. richard kahlenberg is dead on that today, in the cases were universities are not constrained by law, racial preferences are pursued at the almost total exclusion of class considerations. it is not like it is two to one, it is 50 to 1. or is even negative for socio- economic status. whereas racial preferences are not a fun on the scale. they are large. typically 200 to 360 points. in gp terms, the equivalent of 4.0 tesco gpa. -- high school gpa. it is absolutely right to say that there is
i let two civil rights organizations in southern california. i am passionate about these issues and also passionate about empiricism. i think it is important that when you do social experimentation, when we have social programs we care about, we supervalu them and tried to be careful about the facts and the effect we are achieving. the sentry foundation's work in this area moves us down the path to a very positive direction, but i have some qualifications about some of the details of their...
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to insure space for civil society, a free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary. and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property. i'll champion free trade and restore it as a critical element of our strategy, both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one new free-trade agreement in the past four years. i'll reverse that failure. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles of free enterprise, expanding existing relationships, and establishing new ones. i'll support friends across the middle east who share our values but need help defending them and their sovereignty against our common enemies. in libya i will support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them and i'll vigorously pursue the terrorists who attacked our consulate in benghazi and killed our fellow americans. in egypt, i will use our influence, including clear conditions on our aid, to urge the new government to represent all egyptians, to build democrati
to insure space for civil society, a free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary. and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property. i'll champion free trade and restore it as a critical element of our strategy, both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one new free-trade agreement in the past four years. i'll reverse that failure. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles...
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. >> we're not being responded to a crisis that's now to the point af civil rights crisis. >> and the security force is overly aggressive, even assaulting residents who don't have their ids on them. management did not return news 4's phone calls, but a county spokesperson says the management group has until october 20th to fix some of those violations. >> coming up on 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the ones. looks like we're in for a slight warmup and back down again and back up again. >> exactly. the roller coaster ride you normally get during the fall. a lot of us are just tired of being in this kind of dismal weather we've been in since sunday. it's been on the chilly side. of course, it felt like november. today we're going to move back to october. just for a day. 53 in virginia. 53 in warrenton. 56 in hunting town to our east and southeast. temperatures are ten-plus degrees above that. so kind of a mild start out there this morning. 46 to 55. damp conditions because there's a little bit of mist and a little bit of fog too. that's going to lift rather rapidly, i think, when
. >> we're not being responded to a crisis that's now to the point af civil rights crisis. >> and the security force is overly aggressive, even assaulting residents who don't have their ids on them. management did not return news 4's phone calls, but a county spokesperson says the management group has until october 20th to fix some of those violations. >> coming up on 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the ones. looks like we're in for a slight warmup and back down again...
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at issue, whether a race-conscious admission policy at the university of texas violates a civil rights of some white applicants. the court will decide if and when ethnicity and skin color can be used to create a diverse campus. >>> also in washington, beginning at noon, a house panel holds a hearing to try to find out what went wrong in the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. the house oversight and government reform committee will ask witnesses what the white house knew and when they knew it. >>> two american scientists have a lot to celebrate today. they won the nobel prize in chemistry. their prize-winning work on protein receptors in the human body set the stage for drug companies to make medications with fewer side effects. they started their research back in 1968. >>> and something you really have to see to believe. and you're going to see it right there. saturday morning shawn lewis heading to work in charlotte, north carolina, when a driver -- b boom, there it is -- mowed him down. a camera captured it all. the driver stopped and then took off. mir miraculou
at issue, whether a race-conscious admission policy at the university of texas violates a civil rights of some white applicants. the court will decide if and when ethnicity and skin color can be used to create a diverse campus. >>> also in washington, beginning at noon, a house panel holds a hearing to try to find out what went wrong in the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. the house oversight and government reform committee will ask witnesses what the white house...